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HOMETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA QUICK STATSCounty: Schuylkill
Elevation: 1136 feet
Land Area: 1.98 square miles
Population Density: 692 people per square mile
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (98.1%), Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries (City): German (21.6%), Italian (15.4%), Irish (13.1%), Polish (9.1%), United States (6.2%), Welsh (5.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Allentown, PA (30.6 miles , pop. 106,632)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (72.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550)
Nearest cities: Tamaqua borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Coaldale borough, PA (2.0 miles ), Grier City-Park Crest, PA (2.0 miles ), Delano, PA (2.2 miles ), Lansford borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Tuscarora, PA (2.3 miles ), McAdoo borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Summit Hill borough, PA (2.5 miles )
Hometown Compared to State Average: Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average. Median age significantly above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Renting percentage significantly below state average. Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average. Number of rooms per house above state average.
HOMETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 84.30%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 25.00%
Graduate or professional degree: 13.40%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Hometown:
LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 22 miles, SCHNECKSVILLE, PA, Full-time enrollment: 2,145 LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 26 miles, NANTICOKE, PA, FT enrollment: 3,582 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA about 27 miles, KUTZTOWN, PA, FT enrollment: 7,101 BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA about 27 miles, BLOOMSBURG, PA, FT enrollment: 6,880 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE about 29 miles, Allentown, PA, FT enrollment: 2,334 WILKES UNIVERSITY about 30 miles, WILKES BARRE, PA, FT enrollment: 2,438 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS about 34 miles, READING, PA, FT enrollment: 2,003
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